Where did the two of you grow up?Lillie - Modesto, CA up north and Artesia, CA (a small suburb southeast of Los Angeles)Zaricor (Sonny) - The inner-cities of Watts and Compton, CA

What influenced you both to get into music?Lillie -Ever since Junior High when I was in choir, I have loved to sing. When I
got older, I always sang in the choir, or was worship leader at church. I
have sang with trios and duets and now with my husband.

Zaricor (Sonny) - My father was a musician and song writer, so growing up, I was heavily influenced
by the rehearsals he had, and the different professional groups from the neighborhood.
As young kids we all looked up to the singers that made it real
big. I used to watch "The Coasters" practice, so I always wanted to be a singer.
So I went all the way through school and college in choirs.

Explain to us your role in Street Ministry.We locate people that live on the streets, and supply them with food, clothing, toiletries,
and prayer.
We don't have a designated spot, we just travel
to where we know they usually are. We have had outreaches at different
churches during our last 15 years, but find we really love being able to get
to the people that don't know to come to a church outreach for their needs.
The homeless people like us, and we like them, so it is a good partnership.

Coming back to music after a bit of time, has meeting and helping people,
influenced
your song writing?
In every way possible because all of our songs are a direct result of our experience
with homeless people. The entire album "To The Least Of These",
is dedicated to the homeless, and each song, one way or another, is meant to uplift
them, and give them hope, and to shine a spotlight on what they go through
every day. So everything we write about, is directly related to our homeless
ministry. For instance MARIA is an actual case study of a very successful
lady, got on drugs, lost her $250,000 year business, ended up on the streets,
and although we gave our song a happy ending, hers didn't come until a couple
of years after we wrote the song. She is fine now.

Where do you all record at?
We record at our studio, as well as Pastor Muzik Martin's studio (a member
of Eccence, a great singing group).

The two of you look so happy together. What is your secret?
Working together on all projects, sharing responsibilities, tolerating each
other's short comings, letting God take control of all situations and using our
talents to the fullest with God as the final authority.

SoulDirection1 has a nice website, and is connected social media and more.
Do
you like being able to reach out to fans almost instantly?
It has proved to be very good for us, although we mainly Tweet and post encouraging
bible verses.
It has given us a big platform to discuss our street
ministry and introduce our followers to our music.
It is always
good to know that what we post and tweet, is appreciated by those that receive
them

Would you ever cross over and do a Rock or Country type song?
Actually, we are Ordained Ministers, very committed to the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. Zaricor sang R&B several years before getting saved, but I never
really sang until I got into church. And to answer your question - we would
never cross over. We will use the genres, but only biblical content.

What new projects have you two been working on lately?
We are currently beginning to work on our second album which will still be
heavily influenced by our street ministry experiences. We still are working
with the homeless on a continual basis. We hosted a cable TV program for
about 10 years that was discontinued by the city, and we have over 100 episodes
plus raw footage, never edited that we plan on doing as a YouTube/webcast.

What can we expect from SoulDirection1 in the future?
Our webcast, a new album, more good music, more helping the homeless, and more
staying super active with Social Media. We are also very proud of our
1,050,000 followers on Twitter.